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Grocery stores in Hot Springs County, WY

How Hot Springs County, WY compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.7M
On groceries · $5,445 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
9.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
4,600
−0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in Hot Springs County comes to about $11.7M a year: $5,445 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 2 grocery stores on map listings in Hot Springs County as of September 2026. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Hot Springs County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Hot Springs County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Hot Springs County compares

The same measures for Wyoming and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Grocery stores in Hot Springs County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureHot Springs CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.36.16.8
Spending per listing$5.8M$9.7M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,6162,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.1%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,445$5,944$6,319
Median household income$61,250$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Hot Springs County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Hot Springs County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,600−0.4% since 2020
Households
2,140
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,004 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$61,250
Average household income
$73,511
Median home value
$227,500
Jobs located here
1,991
Daytime population
4,478Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Hot Springs County marked.

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie County, WY83153.5$17.3M+2.2%#129 of 2,070
2Albany County, WY7952.9$19.2M+3.9%#207 of 2,070
3Campbell County, WY7995.0$12.4M+2.1%#219 of 2,070
4Natrona County, WY76123.5$16.6M+0.3%#263 of 2,070
5Sweetwater County, WY6963.4$17.3M−2.2%#426 of 2,070
6Park County, WY6475.3$11.1M+5.1%#567 of 2,070
7Sheridan County, WY6285.8$10M+7.2%#623 of 2,070
8Fremont County, WY5196.0$9.5M+0.7%#973 of 2,070
9Lincoln County, WY51910.8$5.8M+7.8%#1,002 of 2,070
10Converse County, WY4058.7$6.9M+0.6%#1,357 of 2,070
Hot Springs County, WYNot scored29.3$5.8M−0.4%

Other business types in Hot Springs County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Hot Springs County, WY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 grocery stores in Hot Springs County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Hot Springs County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hot Springs County, WY spend on groceries?

About $11.7M a year, or $5,445 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,140 households in Hot Springs County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hot Springs County, WY compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Hot Springs County has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Hot Springs County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Hot Springs County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Hot Springs County at 4,600 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,140 households. The median household income in Hot Springs County is $61,250 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Hot Springs County

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